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APPLICATION FILED MAR. ZI I9I6.

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To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY JANDER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, ren siding at Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New' York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Airships, of which thefollowing is a specilication.

This invention relates to improvements in air-ships, the object being toprovide an air-ship consisting of a dirigible balloon and monoplane..

My improved air-ship is arranged to prevent, to a large extent, theincrease of air pressure `at the front thereof.

A further feature oi fly invention resides in the employment oi'Vbilance Wheels which prevent rolling, dipping and shaking.

A still further feature of my invention resides in the employment of airturbines which operate dynamos to regenerate the exhausted power.l

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the essentialfeatures of which Will be summarized in the appended claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved airship; Fig. 2 is a rearelevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a side elevation; Fig. 4 is across-sectional View, the section being taken on a line 4 4 in Fig. 3; 5is a cross-sectional view', the section being talren on a line 5-5 inFig. 3; Fig, 6 is a vertical sectional View, the section being taken ona line 6-6 in. Fig. 7 Fig. 7 is a sectional plan View, the section beingtaken 0n a line 7-7 in Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a longitudinal centralsectional view.

My im roved air-ship is made up of a. suitable ramework 1 carrying acentrally located longitudinally disposed cylindrical channel C Withinwhich are located turbines E, E, adjacent to which are locateddeflectors P, P; (Fig. 7). The turbines E, E, are located in circularWells or pockets 2, 2, so that only a portion of the vanes protrude intothe channel C. The deflectors l?, P, are beveled and direct the airagainst the pro truding vanos of the turbines E, E as it passes or' isforced through the channel C by the propellers H and I (Fig. 3).

The Propellers H and I are each driven by motors J and J', the motor Jbeing for a forward motion and the motor J for a reverse motion, bothmotors in each instance being connected a shaft 3 by any suitableSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Serial No. 85,724.

clutch mechanism. Each shaft' gear 4 meshing with a gear 5 verticalshaft 6 carrying a ea with a gear 8 on the shaft whi the propeller H.The propeller .ipcrated by the same arrangement ot gears and ing as thepropeller H.

The'forward end of the channel C ter minates in a conical funnel die therear end in a funnel B, the tunnel `ing placed therein verticallydisease ing-planes M, M, for ho and a horizontally disp f N for verticalsteering, operated by a compresse1.y shown.

lVithin the funnel A, I pla which are used to il ground or direct ittoward the ground. planes O, U can be manipulated in any sirable manner.

The air-ship is provided with Q; and W at the front and rear tllereoiiorcan rying a supply of gas-clone and Water. The air-ship is also providedwith compartmei a, l), c, el, e, and f, which are filled with drogengas.

The landing gear of my improved ship consists of wheels l0 suitably mouin ball bearings and cushioned by spiral springs.

Access to the interior ci the ship is had through domes S communicatingwith a gangvvay R, which in turn has in communi- 'i shaft or passagewayL.

carried by a shaft 19 operated b-y an electric motor (not shown). Eachshaft I9 carries a fly-Wheel G, and each shaft 6 for the propellers Hand I is also provided with a horizontally disposed ily-Wheel F. Thevertical shafts for the turbines E also carry hori zontally disposediiy-wheels F (see Figs. G and 8), the aforesaid fly-vvheels tending tosteally the air-ship When in motion.

force air through the channel C, thus aiding the balloon portions ot the.ed bv shaftpropeller H in the funnel A acts to 4 fill@ to operate theturbines E, Il, which in turn transmit power to the dynanios D, Fig. 6.

The propeller I draws the air from the channel C and directs it to thesteering apparatus M and N, thereby causing the air-` ship to respondpromptly to the steering apparatus and relieving the propeller H from acertain amount of worlr.

The defiector P directs the air to the outer edge of the exposedportions of the turbines E, E where it will exert the most power.

The fiy-wheelSG are located near the sides of the air-ship, and awayfrom the center thereof.

Having now described vmy invention, what l claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. In an airship, a buoyant body provided with a channel extendinglongitudinally through said body, a turbine within said channel, and adeiector adjacent said turbine arranged to direct air toward theperiphery of said turbine.

2. In an air-ship, a buoyant body provided with a channel extendinglongitudinally thereof, said channel beingr provided with wells orpockets, turbines located within said channel` and extending into saidwells or pockets, and means within said channel arranged to direct airtoward the periphery of that part of said turbines that extends intosaid channel. il

. .t 3. In an air-ship, a buoyant body provided with ay channelextending longitudinally through said body, a turbine within saidchannel, a deflector adjacent said turbine arranged to direct air towardthe periphery of said turbine, and propellers located at each end ofsaid channel.

4. In an air-ship, a buoyant body provided with a channel extendinglongitudinally thereof, turbines within said'channel, shafts therefor,and fly-wheels carried by said shafts.

.5. In an air-ship, a buoyant body provided with a channel extendinglongitudinally thereof, turbines within said channel,l shafts therefor,fly-wheels carried by said shafts, a propeller at each end of saidchannel, propellers located on each side of said buoyant body, drivenshafts to operate said propellers, driving shafts to operate said drivenshafts, and fiy-wheels carried by the said driving shafts.

G. In an air-ship, a buoyant body, hori zontally disposed planesextending from the sides thereof, a horizontally disposed iywheellocated centrally of said air-ship, and a plurality of verticallydisposed fiy-wheels located at each side of the buoyant body.

7. In an air-ship, a buoyant body provided with a centrally disposedchannel e ;tending longitudinally through said body portion, saidlchannel terminating at each end thereof in a conical funnel, turbineslocated within said channel, a. propeller located in each conicalfunnel, and means Within the channel to deiiect the: air toward thecenter thereof and toward the periphery of said turlbines.

HENRY JANDER. Witnesses:

FRED SGHOENEMANN, CHARLES GERSTER.

